Cabinet
Category
Furniture
Date
1800 - 1840
Materials
Pine, mahogany and fruitwood
Measurements
707 x 650 x 380 mm
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Rufford Old Hall, Lancashire
NT 783169
Summary
19th-century Genoese table-cabinet with 17th-century fruitwood figures mounted on the frieze, corners and mahogany drawer fronts, the drawers surrounding a small central door panel, an applied wheatsheaf (denoting the Hesketh family) in the frieze.
Provenance
Probably acquired by the Hesketh family during their antiquarian refurbishment of Rufford Old Hall in the 1830s; identifiable in a 1910 inventory; purchased by the National Trust from the executors of the estate of Mrs J.I. Robinson, with the assistance of grants and donations from the V&A Purchase Grant Fund, the J.P. Jacobs Charitable Trust and the National Trust Centres and Associations, North West Region, 2012.